HE WHO DOESN'T KNOW HISTORY IS DOOMED TO REPEAT IT
PABLO ESCOBAR, THE LORD OF EVIL
Yes, brother, I got a bit mad and, well... Nothing. Forgive me, Pablo.
A bit? What if it had been a lot?
But it's already done.
I know we had never argued like this before, Pablo. Forgive me.
I know, don't worry.
Anyone with a gun on them would ask for forgiveness.
That's not it, Pablo.
I mean, we are friends, have been partners from the beginning, Brother.
C'mon, Mole. Put that gun down, brother.
Calm down, Mole. This is a conversation between partners and friends.
I don't think all this is necessary. Let's calm down, boys.
And if this is because of the six million,
I'll give them to you and that will be the end of it.
More or less, because the fucking problem here
is that you have already betrayed me, you get it?
Ramada, you already showed what you can say.
Can you imagine what this man will be able to do when he is on the street?
- No, but... - You get my point? What I'm saying?
- Yes, sir. - Am I making myself clear?
How could you think that, Pablo?
I swear by my mother, my wife and my children
that I'm not going to do anything against you. You know that.
He is saying that just to save his skin, boss.
Now!
Listen to me, Pablo. Listen to what I am telling you.
I am listening to you, Ramada. That's not the problem.
The problem is that I don't believe you.
We human beings have a limit. Right, Arellano?
Yes, sir.
And don't you think your friend Ramada has reached the limit?
- That he already crossed that fine line? - The thing, Pablo...
- Don't you think he also went too far? - It is that...
- Yes or no? Or what do you think? - Pablo, it is that...
Answer what I am asking, please. Yes or no?!
Yes, sir.
Pablo, we are arguing about money, just money.
Don't worry; there is enough money for all.
If they had one hiding place, I think they have more, and are evading taxes.
Can you imagine it? Would that be it?
- That can't be happening, right? - How can you think that, Pablo?
We are friends and partners; we aren't going to fail you.
It was just a question.
Listen, Pablo. We've always done what you have asked. Right?
And are you going to do this to us because you got mad? No, Pablo, please.
You are quite right, Ramada.
Letting yourself be killed because of six million dollars
is not something that decent and wise people do.
That is stupid, Brother.
Mole, kill this bastard.
Pablo, listen. No.
- Marino, kill this one. - Pablo...
And keep me informed about any advance in the negotiation.
Alberto, give me a second. What is it, Minister?
Mr. President, I think somebody should find out right away
- what's going on at The Cathedral. - What do you mean? Why?
There are indications that Escobar is taking advantage of his condition.
Explain yourself.
It seems he enjoys certain benefits that a prisoner like him shouldn't,
not to mention the more delicate rumors
about his keeping control of the delinquency in Medellín.
Where are you getting that information from?
Former General Peraza seems to continue to be a very well informed man.
You know general Peraza has never agreed with this process.
I wouldn't be surprised if he wanted to torpedo it.
Well, we won't lose anything if we send a message to Escobar,
a warning for him to understand he's no longer the boss of any cartel.
Alberto, I need you to make a call.
Pablo, Brother! Don't do that to us. It was insignificant.
Shut up you moron!
Don't you see? It was your fucking fault!
No. It was yours, for being stingy. Do you want to know something?
I'm going to enjoy it, asshole.
Oh yeah? Go ahead, if you are that valiant.
Pablo! Peluche, Peluche.
Peluche, talk to your brother. Talk to Pablo, buddy.
What's going on, Marino?
Don't do this to us, Peluche. Don't do it, Brother!
- What are you going to do to them?! - They are going to kill us.
What do you mean kill you? Why?!
- Talk to Pablo, Peluche. - Stop the fuss!
Shoot him; shoot if you are that courageous!
Go ahead kill him right away.
Good day. ID please.
Since when do you ask for an ID to let people in?
Always, sir. Who are you looking for?
- I'm looking for Mr. Enrique Ramada. - One moment.
What do you mean you ordered Ramada and Arellano killed? Did you go mad?
Ramada disrespected me, and not only that.
He tried to steal from me, and I can't permit anything like that.
Pablo, those two are your best men,
your best partners, your best collaborators.
Why do you dare killing them for something so stupid?
Do you think that's stupid, then?
So should I have to be a permissive person all the time?
- But, Pablo. It is stupid. - No, listen. It is not stupid.
It is, Pablo! It is stupid!
Did you think about the consequences of your actions?
Did you think about what are people going to say
when they find out you are killing your partners, your collaborators?
All you need to do now is fire me! To kill your own blood!
The same happened with the Gonzalez brothers,
they proposed peace to us and what did you do?
Pay attention to a damn gunman and fucked everything up,
and you're going to do it now!
All right, go and ask Mole to stop that order and bring them here.
What is it, Son? Why the delay?
One moment, they haven't authorized your entry.
Open! Open!
What's wrong, Don Peluche?
Nothing. Now we are really fucked up!
I can't believe it, Brother.
Well yes, but what can we do, my dear Peluche?
We tried our best but we couldn't. Those two are dead.
Well, yes. We must make the best of it now.
Sir, boss. Libardo Aldana is downstairs.
- Who is Libardo Aldana? - He is Ramada's head of security.
He said they were supposed to meet here, sir.
What did you do with Ramada and Arellano's bodies? Where are they?
They are chopped already, boss.
Go replace Mole and light the coal for the grill
and ask him to go to Medellín and find out who the relatives of these two are
and start burning them all.
- All right, sir. - Wait, Pablo.
The family, too? No, man.
And what should we do with this guy Aldana?
Ask him to come in.
How are you, Don Libardo. This is quite a miracle!
- What's up, Mole? - Everything's going fine.
A new car, Son?
Well, you know the benefits you get when you work with the boss.
Do you know if Enrique Ramada is inside?
Ramada? No, I don't know.
That place is too big, but why don't you go in and take a look?
- You may find him. - They aren't letting me in.
- Buddy, let him in. - Go ahead then.
Good. I'll be seeing you, write a letter or whatever.
- Go ahead. - Incredible.
C'mon Libardo. Why are you so distracted?
Excuse me, Don Pablo. When I got in, I didn't see my boss's van.
I don't know. I really don't know what may have happened.
I was supposed to meet him here, and it's strange that he hasn't arrived.
No, don't find it strange. He was here,
but he might have left or is still inside. I don't know.
What do you mean he left?
He was here and talked with Mole about money. I don't know if you know.
Yes, Don Pablo, about 20 million dollars Mole got out of the boss's hiding place.
Exactly. We were talking about it and I asked Mole to leave immediately
and bring that money back and give it to Ramada.
I don't know if you saw Mole. Didn't you meet him when he has leaving?
- Yes, Don Pablo, I saw him going out. - There you are. I don't know, then.
Maybe Ramada went out for lunch, to have a snack. I don't know.
With all due respect, Don Pablo,
do you mind if I stay to wait until he comes back?
No, and you can stay for the barbecue.
Barbecue?
Look what I brought you, Marino.
Let me pass some to you. Come, let me pass you some.
This is a good fire.
How many Hail Maries have you said?
"The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous."
Proverbs 15-29.
Why don't you stop mumbling and speak clearly?
I came to tell you something important.
Kiko, please respect my intimate moment with the Lord.
And why don't you respect the intimate moments with your brother? With me.
Kiko, Mole is going to send some people to get me for a delicate mission.
Let me concentrate.
I'm going to the United States, asshole! You hear?!
To the States, Kiko? To the States, Brother?
The boss has worked so hard to prevent us from ending up there
and now you are going from the frying pan into the fire!
What could I do here?
The boss surrendered, the work is getting very complicated.
I'm going to take advantage of the fact that the police are not yet on top of us.
This is precisely the time we should stay here.
When the boss needs us the most, Brother.
And wait for them to capture us? No way.
I'm going where dollars are being made so they'll come faster.
Okay, guys, I'll be with you soon.
Kiko, I advise you to say Jacob's blessing for your trip.
Jacob said: "Lord, accompany me on this trip I'm taking
and take care of me, give me bread when I need to eat,
give me clothes when I need to cover myself". Amen.
Amen.
May the Lord's blessing protect you and especially help you to get the visa.
What a fucking problem.
Bro, who told you I was going to request a visa?
- Is the meat good, Libardo? - Yes, sir, thank you.
You should thank Marino.
He became a barbecue champion, didn't you, Marino?
Yes, sir.
Here, have this sausage, boss.
No, Son, thank you. I'm too fat. I have to watch my weight.
- This doesn't taste like pork. - You know nothing, asshole!
Don Pablo, it's very strange that Mr. Ramada hasn't arrived.
Yes, but what's the rush?
Aren't you having a good time at this barbecue with us?
Oh yes, sir. This is very good,
but it is very strange that he hasn't shown up yet.
Yes, but don't worry, because Mole hasn't arrived with the money either.
Don Pablo, I better go to Medellín to find out what happened to Mr. Ramada.
It is very strange that he hasn't called or shown up.
So if you don't mind, I prefer to travel to Medellín.
All right, go. Don't worry. Go ahead.
Excuse me, Don Pablo. Have a nice day. Thanks for everything.
Sir, what about this man? Shall we let him leave just like that?
I don't know. Ask Peluche, because all decisions I'm making now are wrong.
So go and ask the boss.
No way. Nobody else is going to die here. Period!
You're going to tell me where your brother Ramada's things are!
- I don't know. I don't know anything! - What do you mean you don't know?
Look, I've had mercy on you, because that's what the Lord asks me.
Mathew 28-33. "Have mercy on your servant as I have had mercy on you."
You are already getting on my nerves! Where are the fucking hiding places?!
I swear I don't know!
You swear it? What do you mean you swear it?
Do you want me to believe it?
You are committing perjury.
You fucked it up, chicken.
Sinner.
Are you going to sign that deed or what, assholes?
We're going to sign everything.
- Did you finish? - Yes, but tell us where is Hernando.
- Do you need him? - Yes.
Do you need to talk to him or what? You are going to talk to him.
Young Ramada.
Something very strange we hadn't known about is going on in Medellín.
What do you mean strange?
They killed Ramada's younger brother this afternoon.
How come?
Just as you heard it and precisely at this stage.
Enrique Ramada is a powerful man.
He's not going to remain still. He's going to react.
We're fucked up then, because we need Ramada's backing to end Escobar.
I don't know. But we'll invent something.
Don Lucio.
What's up, Don Libardo? Come in, sit down.
Thank you very much.
What's wrong, man? Why that face?
They killed them.
Whom?
Everybody, they killed all of my boss's family,
the younger brother, the cousin, the uncle, the aunt, the grandmother,
even the dog. they killed them all.
What do you mean, man? Are Hernando and Enrique safe?
The last information I got was that they were at The Cathedral.
The information is confirmed, Mr. President.
Several drug traffickers from the Medellín Cartel
have met with the Attorney General.
I suppose they are not thinking to surrender.
No, Mr. President.
It seems they are looking for a type of reprieve for accusing Escobar.
Accusing of what, if he is already in prison?
They insist that Escobar continues to commit crimes from The Cathedral,
that they have proof to corroborate it, and besides...
He also killed two of his partners inside the prison.
Minister, I also listen to what they say about Escobar,
and we don't need a dozen criminals looking for reprieves.
Mr. President, we already went from possible rumors to concrete facts.
The problem of Pablo Escobar has been frozen for a year
and now is a problem again.
We have time to keep it from growing again.
If Pablo Escobar thought he was going to make fun of this Government,
we'll make clear to him that he made a mistake.
Call the Vice Minister of Justice.
Okay, gentlemen, you already know what you have to do,
and we are going to do it well. C'mon.
Move.
All right, Captain. Let's go and fill Medellín with flyers.
Look. "Pablo Escobar, a traitor who assassinates his own friends."
What other evidence do you need, Miguel? Ramada and Arellano disappeared.
And has anyone asked Pablo, Brother?
Of course, and do you know what that maniac answered?
That he didn't know where the bodies were.
Your great friend Pablo Escobar killed two of his partners,
and it is not the first time.
I still can't believe it, Brother. I don't believe it.
You better believe it.
Miguel, you are the only, naive, guy who has always trusted that assassin.
No matter how much we used to tell you that wasn't convenient for us,
- you continued beside your little Pablo. - Well, I had my reasons, Brother.
Yes, and I respected them, but you don't have them now.
He has just killed two of his most loyal partners.
Do you know what that means? That he can kill anybody at any time,
because all that man cares for is his own welfare, period.
I'm going to call him. We're going to clarify this right away.
Freddy Perea, a member of the Self Defense,
and you didn't do anything. Now it was Ramada and Arellano,
and you're not going to do anything either,
not to mention all the politicians and innocent people
that Pablo Escobar assassinated.
What are you going to wait for, Brother? To be the next one?
- Colonel. - Yes, Samudio.
They had just informed me that the pilot is on his way.
That's a good start.
Yes, Miguel, I personally took care of making those two characters disappear.
But I did it because they betrayed me,
because I discovered they were with the Cali Cartel, setting up
a conspiracy to kill me.
How did you find out, Pablo? Who told you?
Well, I found out. I'm telling you. I found out, period.
Well, but I've got more information.
Of course those people are going to tell you lies,
to claim that it was a money problem they had with Mole.
But that's totally false. That's not true!
And don't you think we could've solved this differently?
Because the right way was to tell me, Brother.
Well, yes. But what can we do, Miguel, if that's my way to solve problems?
If you like it or not, if you understand me or not, is your problem, not mine.
Brother, you're making it difficult for me.
How come? What are you trying to tell me with that?
That means, Pablo that you're the one who fucked it up, Brother,
and I hope you will have the balls to own up to it, partner.
No, sir, this is not a matter of having or not having balls.
Hello, what about this, stupid ass?
Pablo, the Bogotá Elite Force has been ordered to come to The Cathedral.
Fortunately, a colonel under our control is helping to delay them.
Something big is about to happen, Brother. There are more and more troops outside.
I warned you, Pablo Emilio. I warned you.
Answer.
Hello?
The Vice Minister of Justice and the National Director of Prisons are here.
They say they want to talk to the director of the jail.
Tell them the director isn't in.
Sir, the director isn't in.
I'm the head of all prisons in the country.
I don't need any authorization to enter any prison.
So give me the ID and let me in.
Tell them they can get in with no problem.
Pablo.
Shouldn't we wait for the Elite Force to get inside?
No, there are guards that watch over Escobar.
Everything is fine, there is no problem.
Irma, thank you very much for receiving me,
- because I needed to talk to you. - Don't worry, but hurry,
because I wouldn't like my father finding out you were here.
Irma, I need a big favor.
That you go to the jail and bring a message to your brothers.
You chose the wrong person,
because I neither take nor bring messages to anybody.
If you want to see my brothers, go ahead and visit them in jail.
Irma, what I have to say is important. Will you listen to me?
No, I'm not going to like what you want to tell me.
Irma, Pablo Escobar has just killed two of his partners.
He chopped them up, made them disappear. Nobody knows what he did with them.
I knew I wasn't going to like it. Why are you telling me this, Miguel?
What do you think?
Tomorrow, it could be another partner killed. Think about that.
We need to know if we can count on your brothers' support.
Support for what?
To defend us, to fight against Pablo Escobar.
You are wasting your time.
I'm not going to say a word to my brothers, and do you know why?
Because they are in a jail serving a sentence
and are not interested or can't get involved in any crime.
If you want to hurt Pablo Escobar, go ahead and do it.
All I can tell you is that my family isn't going to get involved,
and will also guarantee that we aren't going to help.
- Have a good day, Miguel. - Relax.
Thank you. We'll be in touch.
I hope everything will be fine for you.
Marcela, hand me the Bible.
Listen, Kiko, are you sure of what you are doing?
What do you mean, asshole? Don't you see how things are, Brother?
What comes next is a cluster fuck! You should come with me instead.
No, brother. I won't go to the States. I'll stay here.
Can't you think, man? Can't you? Don't you realize how things are?
Everything is tumbling down for the boss, and since he killed Ramada and Arellano,
things are going to get wild, Brother.
The boss has done worse things, and there he is. That's nonsense.
Don't you think, brother?
Look, everybody is betraying him.
Look at the war he's having with the Cali Cartel people.
The city is full of informants.
I wouldn't be surprised if they killed the boss at any moment, Brother.
Kiko, no. Take back what you said.
The boss has put his trust in the Holy Child of Atocha, brother.
Listen to yourself.
Do you think that after all those bombs,
the Holy Child of Atocha is going to save him, Brother?
Look, Cain, I'm going to give you a piece of advice.
Leave the herd, because you will end up in the middle and will regret it.
No, Kiko, I'll stay beside the boss.
And what is this, Kiko?
What a gesture, man.
Thank you, Brother.
Let's leave now, because we are real men.
Get inside.
Okay, gentlemen, drop the guns and put your hands up!
Easy, Brother, easy.
That's it, collaborate.
What's going on in here?
Welcome to the Cathedral Prison, Mr. Vice-Minister.
Mr. Vice-Minister, tell me what you are doing in The Cathedral Prison.
I am following express orders from the President of the Republic
to transfer you to another jail.
The other man is a colonel who says he is the General Director of Prisons,
and is here to watch the change of all of the prison guards.
So what's the truth, Mr. Vice-Minister?
You say you came to do something and your escort says something different.
Whom should I believe then?
Mr. Escobar, I guarantee you that all the National Government wants
- is to transfer you to another prison. - What transfer?
The National Government can't break the pacts they made for my surrender.
Mr. Escobar, you broke your promise, too. Jesus! Look at all these luxuries!
Which luxuries?
We have what any decent person, like you or I, has in their house.
Which luxuries?
Listen, Mr. Escobar,
there are rumors that you continue committing crimes from this place.
For instance, two murders, and you know what I'm talking about.
No, don't be mistaken, young man.
Criminal issues are solved among criminals
and it's not the National Government's business to affect it.
Look, Mr. Escobar, all I'm doing here is following orders. That's all.
Do you find it logical that to transfer us
the Government needs the National Army Force support?
Don't you think that the battalion that guards the jail perimeter
would be more than enough? Explain that to me.
- What's going on, soldier? - Good evening, Colonel.
Forget the protocol, I have to go in.
I'm sorry, but the general ordered me not to let anybody in.
Either you let me in or I'll do it with gunfire, so you decide.
C'mon, move.
Open!
These people aren't telling you the truth. They want to kill us, sir.
Kill or extradite us.
Listen, why don't you have the balls to tell us the truth?
Admit you came to extradite us to the United States.
No, Mr. Escobar. Where did you get that idea from?
That's impossible, the new Constitution bans it.
Nobody can be sent to the United States. None of you.
That's exactly what they said about Marcos Herbert
and look what happened to him! He's rotting in a US jail.
Call President Cesar Gaviria.
Do you see what I mean? You even have phones in this place. For God sake!
Dial.
And don't even think about saying we have you as a hostage.
Tell him that Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria and his partners
want to explore a way out different from the transfer.
- What do you mean as a hostage? No, no. - Here, sir.
You should understand, Mr. Vice-Minister, that I need a guarantee,
and you are the only guarantee I have
to be sure that the criminal and assassin Army
is not going to get inside my jail and start shooting like mad.
And I warn you:
if just one officer gets inside my jail, you will be the first one to die,
because if I have to leave this place, it will be in a coffin.
This is Federico Holguín, Vice-Minister of Justice.
I urgently need to talk to the President.
One moment please. I'll put him on.
Did he hang up? I'll be damned!
Did they send you on the most important mission you'll ever have
and the President refuses to talk to you? Is this a joke or what?
What country are we living in, sir?!
It's not that easy to talk to him, and he doesn't need to tell me anything.
His orders were very clear.
I'm here just to act as a guarantor and overseer of your transfer.
No transfer, no guarantor, no overseer, no nothing!
We won't be transferred.
Do you think I'm going to lock myself in a jail
surrounded by barbed wire and bandits? Forget it!
Boss, if you want I can take care of him.
Pablo! The Elite Force from Bogotá is at the entrance.
They are about to get inside.
If they set a foot in here, they will have to kill us. It's that simple.
They are relaxed for the time being because our general is with them.
Marino, we must let the public and the whole world know
what is happening inside this prison.
This is an atrocity, a violation of our human rights.
Peluche, phone the family please.
This is really incredible!
General, I don't understand why we can't get in.
Because the Vice-Minister and the General Director of Prisons are inside.
Why didn't the Vice-Minister wait until we arrived to enter?
Colonel, the Army is inside too.
Don't think my men and I are decorative motifs!
I don't know what you are thinking, general,
but I'm following orders and we are going to enter. Let's go, gentlemen.
Colonel, you don't think that this badge is a toy, do you?
Breaking news!
What was expected to be a discreet operation for the Government
became a major problem.
Now, the Vice-Minister of Justice and the National Director of Prisons
are being held at The Cathedral,
while the Army is waiting for orders to break into the jail
and be able to transfer Pablo Escobar and his men to a garrison.
What I can't understand is, if Federico got there,
why hasn't the Army taken the Cathedral?
Supposedly, Pablo Escobar should have been ready to be transferred.
That's why we sent the Elite Group.
They were the ones that should have entered the jail.
Minister, this can't get out of control.
Don't worry, Mr. President. That's not going to happen.
So ask the Army not to wait any longer and follow orders right away!
General, we've waited enough already.
What about the Vice-Minister and the Director of Prisons?
I don't know. We have a mission and we're going to complete it.
We're going in.
General Bonilla, are you listening to me?
General Bonilla here, go ahead.
General, it is urgent.
Minister Ismael Giraldo needs to talk to you.
Go ahead.
Do you know where your boss is?
I seriously need to talk to him.
Please call him.
He must understand that the National Army doesn't want to kill him,
the Government isn't going to extradite him; that can't be done.
The new Constitution bans it.
Get him, please,
assure him that we came only to transfer him to a garrison.
Please help me!
What happened?
All right, we will split up here.
Citric, you come with me. Earring, Crust, Peluche, this way.
Vulture and Marino, come over here. You three guys stay here.
I need somebody to take care of the hostages.
Don't worry about anything because if you are transferred
you won't get more than two or three years.
Caracol News has just confirmed
that Pablo Escobar Gaviria and several of his men are,
listen closely, inside a tunnel in the Envigado Cathedral prison
heavily armed and with supplies and food for several days.
This is the current situation at The Cathedral prison.
Here is the voice of Pablo Escobar's son. A Caracol Colombia scoop.
It's not true that the Army wants to transfer my father.
They went to The Cathedral to kill him,
but they aren't going to find him because he's hidden.
Hidden where?
Right there in The Cathedral, in the tunnels underneath it.
Boss, I didn't know there were tunnels.
That son of mine is definitively a champ, a warrior.
- Ready guys! Move ahead! Ahead! - C'mon guys, surround the perimeter.
- Ready, boss. - Go ahead then, Marino.
- Watch the... - Don't worry.
Go ahead, Peluche. C'mon Earring!
Surround the whole perimeter. C'mon!
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon!
Here, here. Help me!
- That's it. - Come on.
Here!
Get us out of here!
Here, here. Help me!
- Mr. Vice-Minister? - Yes, it's me.
- Are you all right? - Yes, yes. Yes.
Are you okay?
- Where are we going? - To Envigado.
To the city?
Yes, forget about going back to the jungle.
What happened?
Good pasture. Fed as it should be.
Take advantage of the fact that I'm happy, and let's close the deal.
Will terror return to Colombia?
That's one of the questions El Espectador newspaper raises in today's editorial
after the escape of Pablo Escobar and his men from The Cathedral prison.
- We have a call. Good morning. - Good morning.
What happened with Escobar is not only a shame
but a real tragedy for the country.
Can you imagine the number of dead people and car bombs that will reappear
with that man on the streets again?
We're not going to find him here. Escobar must be in the mountains
and we are foolishly digging holes to find tunnels where there are none.
Jiménez, check if everything is okay back there.
What should we do, Colonel? Keep laying dynamite or what?
That's what we are going to do. We are following orders.
We'll keep up with this, gentlemen. Watch it!
You already heard. Let's go.
This series is freely adapted from La Parábola de Pablo by Alonso Salazar.
Based on news articles and real events, the historical facts are surrounded
by fictional characters and dialogues that recreate non documented situations.